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Steven Spielberg and Bob Iger donate $500,000 to Los Angeles’ coronavirus fund

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Steven Spielberg and Disney chief Bob Iger are among the Hollywood figures who have donated $500,000 (£403,000) to a fund to help those in need in Los Angeles.

L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti has set up a fund with the aim of raising $25 million (£20.2 million) to provide services like childcare and support to the city’s healthcare workers and meals for the elderly.

At his televised daily press briefing on Sunday, Garcetti revealed that the Jurassic Park filmmaker, Iger, and the movie producer Jeffrey Katzenberg and his wife Marilyn had made donations to the fund of $500,000, along with a host of other Los Angeles-based executives. “I’ve seen it in the can-do spirit of some of the pillars of our community who are making personal contributions that

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